Lights, Camera, Action (1926)

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   I don't know if Fred Shapiro is interested in this show business phrase that long ago caught on with the general public.
   It dates before the talkies.



      CHRISTY GIRLS AT HOME ON SET
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles, Calif.: Oct 10, 1926.                   p. B8 (1 page):
(Photo caption--ed.)
      _Lights, Camera, Action_
   Evelyn Egan, left, and Helen Myers, right, register aural gratification while A. V. Williams tunes in something snappy.

      Display Ad 57 -- No Title
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles, Calif.: Jan 17, 1929.                   p. B2 (1 page):
   Lights+Camera+Action!
   Another Hollywood Adopted Style
(New York Hat Stores ad--ed.)

      Action! Lights! Camera!
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Feb 25, 1934.                   p. SM6 (1 page)


   Action-Lights-Camera?  Were they shooting porn in 1934?
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